vomer
/voh-mer/US // ˈvoʊ mər //UK // (ˈvəʊmə) //
弧形体,弧度,弧线,弧形的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Anatomy.
- : a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
Examples
The premaxillaries, vomer, and nasals do not belong to the cranial scheme; they are covering bones connected with the ethmoid.
The oblique division into vomer in front and pterygoid bone behind is shown by Goldfuss in his original figure of Scaphognathus.
The vomer is an unpaired bone lying immediately in front of the parasphenoid.
Resting on the ventral surface are a vomer and a very large parasphenoid (fig. 18, 3).
The length of the secondary palate is remarkably great, and the vomer takes no part in its formation.
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